Farscape (1999–2003): Season 2, Episode 3 - Taking the Stone - full transcript

Upon learning of her brother's death, Chiana leaves Moya in Aeryn's Prowler. Crichton and Aeryn find her on royal burial grounds living with a group of people with some strange customs, ...

Son of a...!

Crichton.

What are you breaking now?

I'm not breaking anything.

I'm trying to see how our
quote-unquote navigation system

quote-unquote works.

You got a microt?

Ain't got no time
right now, Chi.

Crichton, I, uh...

I really got to talk.

Chi!



I do not have the time.

You don't have the time?

Okay.

Ah! Son of a...

No.

Nerri.

That little tralk!

Aeryn, we don't know that
Chiana stole your Prowler.

It's gone, isn't it, Crichton?

I did not immediately detect
her departure

because several of my control
systems have been offline.

She could be thousands of
metras away by now.

We found this in the
Maintenance Bay.

It had Chiana's blood
all over it.



What is it?

I believe it's a Life Disc.

Some species have them
surgically implanted.

This creates a permanent life
link between those close to them.

Then why would she take it out?

It is no longer functioning.

Which means that whoever
Chiana was linked to...

is dead.

Oh, man.

She was trying to talk to me,
and I blew her off.

Come on. You've been
in worse places.

Who's there?!

Stop pleeking around!

Lemme see you!

Sweet nixar.

Let's mark her.

My name is John Crichton,
an astronaut.

A radiation wave hit and I got
shot through a wormhole.

Now I'm lost in some distant
part of the universe on a ship,

a living ship, full of strange
alien life-forms.

Help me.

Listen, please.

Is there anybody out there
who can hear me?

I'm being hunted by an insane
military commander.

I'm doing everything I can.

I'm just looking for
a way home.

So this entire planet's
covered in graves.

It's a Royal Cemetery Planet.

Haven't you ever seen one?

Nope.

Chiana!

Well, where did you bury
your leaders on Erp?

Just underground.

Chiana!

Next to where you lived?

That's disgusting. Ugh!

Well, the Prowler checked out
all right. At least she landed it in one piece.

Let's go. You can take
the Transport.

No. These belong to Chiana.

You coming?

Let's go.

What are you talking about?

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm staying right here.

Yeah, like anybody cares.

Don't rob the graves, sparky!

How dare you imply that a
Hynerian Dominar would...

dese...!

Yotza!

Does this look familiar?

Of course it looks familiar.

That's because each of these
tunnels are exactly the same.

Are we lost?

What are they doing to her?

I have no idea.

Do you see any weapons?

No.

I'll go for Chiana.

I'll pin down the others.

Everybody down! On the ground now!
- Chiana!

Move it!

What are you doing?!

No one's ever lasted more than
50 microts in that thing.

I had 'em beat.

I wouldn't if I were you.

You had no right to
come after me.

We were worried about you, so we...
- How sweet!

Now get the frell out of here.

Chiana.
- No, Crichton.

Now I don't have the time.

Hey, ancient.

Who the hell are you
talking to?

And who are you?

Molnon.

Taste?

Look at her.

Wow.

Vyna's amazed by you.

Age lines, dead spots.

You're historic, nixar.

Historic?

- Let's go, Gardas.
- They're worn out.

Ancients.

Did you catch any of that?

Not much, except all the
"I'm worn out" dren.

If you find Chiana, show her
this, ask her about it.

Ask her yourself.

Aeryn.

She's pissed at me.

And try not to be too angry
about the Prowler.

Be nice.

I'm not good at nice.

Just don't shoot her.

Okay, Rygel. Take me through
this one more time.

Why did you leave?

I told you. They left me first.

Pilot lost contact with Crichton
and Aeryn several arns ago.

Where did they go?

Down.

Underground.

They went looking for Chiana.

Crichton seems to think she
might still be alive.

You frelling Luxan.

What is this?

My private property.

You robbed the dead.

And believe me, that wasn't
as easy as it sounds.

Now leave me alone.

Yes, that's right.

Get out.

Bonus.

What do you want?

You forgot this.

It's my brother. Nerri.

He's terminated.

It means he's dead.

I'm sorry.

Hey, I got to show you
around this place.

You know what they do if
they want you to stay?

They make you run through these,
these, these rings of fire,

like, um, naked.

Totally naked.

And once, once you go through that,
you, you go into the Sonic Cowl.

That's where I just was.

Your whole body, it vibrates.
It's...

You got to try it.

I think you had a little bit
too much to drink.

Don't be like Crichton.

Come on. Everyone's so
lame on Moya.

Stay with me.

You gotta.

Or at least stay for
the Gathering.

And what is that?

Well, Molnon says it's
the dradest.

Says it'll blow my mind.

Hey, guy.
We didn't meet before.

It's too late.

I don't know what you're
talking about.

The Lost People know...

Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Focus, man. Come on.
Focus right here.

Das.

Time to jump, garda.

New narl emerges.

Clans gather.

It's time to celebrate!

Way back, the ancients dug
the Royal Tombs.

But the surface is full,

and the Royals leave.

Now we alone.

But we live.

We take the Stone.

Ahh!

What the...?

Frell. It's a sonic net.

You want to explain that?

It's a net sustained by
their own voices.

Peacekeepers use them in
aerial combat training

and the sound actually
cushions your fall.

I'm ready.

Like I said.

Frell.

Das...

Takes the Stone.

Drad.

I gotta do that.

Chiana...

Leave her alone, Crichton.

Come on.

Uh, you know what?
We're going to sober her up

and get her out of here
right now.

That life disc that we found on
board Moya was her brother's.

Then he's dead?

Yes. I think that's why she
likes it down here.

I think she's trying to prove
that she's still alive.

Aeryn, when I need a psych report
on Chiana, I'll let you know.

If you try to force her to leave
she will stay here just to spite you.

No, she won't.

Later.

And what are they going
to do with it?

Soak the skin and harden
the bones.

Then Das can be buried in
the Gathering Dome.

Your best friend's just died.

All die, nixar.

But you're frightened of it.

Never knowing when it's going to
happen. Should I do this? Or do that?

Fear, nixar.

It overwhelms.

Not us. We live, we do
what we want.

Liberated, 'cause we take
the Stone.

A dead jump. The last.

I know you get it.

Stay with us, nixar.

Celebrate the Stone.
It's the second dradest time.

Oh? And what's the dradest?

Shut up.

Shut up!

Oh, will you please shut up!

I'm doing this for your
benefit, Rygel.

Oh, thank you.

Now benefit me elsewhere.
I'm trying to sleep.

Have you ever considered that
these items might be protected?

Protected? By what?

A curse.

Oh, yotz. The only curse
here is you.

And, anyway, if there is a curse,
which there's not, it'll just be on me.

Yes, it will.

Vyna.

I'm sorry about Das.

Oh, don't be, nixar.

Should you be doing that?

Taste?

Hey.

What were you talking to Chiana
about on the cliff?

When narl comes,
Chiana wants to jump.

I gave her my blessing.

Chiana, you got a microt?

Not for you.

All right, fine. You know what?

You made your point and I'm sorry
that I ignored you on the ship. Okay?

Crichton, why I'm here,
it's not about you.

In case you haven't noticed,
I'm not your kid.

I'm not your sister and
I'm only your...

your tralk in your dreams.

So, please, please, go away!

I'm trying to help.

I don't want it and
I don't need it.

I like it here.

I like these people.

Chiana, you realize that nobody
here has a clue.

They're nothing but stoned
monkeys who jump off a cliff!

Then you tell me what we're doing
on Moya that's so frelling wonderful?

Tell me that.

At least they get to live
before they die, Crichton.

That's what I want to do.

You said to me...

you said to me anytime I
want to jump ship,

anytime I want to leave.

Well...

see ya.

Feel free to jump in
here anytime.

It's Chiana's choice, John.

Great.

That's just great, Aeryn.

You know, I hope if I ever
decide to jump in front of a bus

you're not the only one...

Vyna told us you're
joining the clan.

You really going to jump?

I might.

Molnon?

Yo, Bob Marley, you
seen Molnon?

Forget about it.
I'll find him myself.

Molnon.

No, please, don't!

Wrong person.

Sorry, didn't mean to hurt you.

You've been following me.

Why?

You old.

But still you live.

What's your name?

Janixx.

What happened to you?

This happen to all of us.

At 22 cycles, if we do not
take the Stone.

Gardas and nixars here
don't like seeing this,

so we go away.

Hide. Make ourself lost.

Lost? You're one of the
Lost People?

Das said he knew why
this happened.

He said cliff has answer.

What are you talking about?

I'm lost. Must stay lost.

You must be pushing 22
cycles, huh, sport?

I'd say the end is
near for you,

whether you take the
Stone or not.

You've been talking to
the Lost People.

You true smart.

Yeah, well, it's easy to jump
when you know you're going to die.

Chiana's not going to die.

Why drag her into this?

See this?

Three lobes gets you high.

One gets you dead.

Never know which one.

Are we having a failure to
communicate here?

I'm not going to talk
until you taste.

Ooh, man.

Now since you taste, I talk.

Only thing worth having is
a narl, and I want one.

And I'm scared that if next I
take the Stone, it claims me.

So Chiana takes my place.
She takes the Stone.

Son of a bitch!

You've had your time.

You leave Chiana out
of this, just...

She wants to fly.

I tell you truth.

And I'm going to tell her...
truth.

Truth.

Only if you remember.

You won't remember.

I'm going to remember.

Crichton!

Crichton...

Whoa!

Here...

What happened to you?

I had a pissing contest
with Molnon.

I won. I think.

It doesn't look like it.

Yeah. Yeah, well...

I got some information.

There's more...

I, uh...

I, uh... I think I convinced
him to get Chiana not to jump.

That's good. That's great.

Listen...

I need you to go back to
the Transport pod.

Take this tissue sample.
I got it from the Lost People.

Scan it up to Zhaan.
See if we can find out what...

what's killing these kids.

Where are you going?

To see if this...

Excedrin headache was worth it.

Crichton!

Whoa, whoa...

not so... so loud.

Those morna, they have a real
kick to them, don't they?

Mmm...

Hey, um...

Molnon told me what
you talked about.

He did?

That's fantastic.

That is fanta...

let us get the hell
out of here then.

Oh, no, I'm not leaving.

I'm jumping.

What?

Come on, don t frell with me.
You understand.

Chiana, I know that you like
Molnon.

But he is using you.

He only wants you here so you'll
do the jump and he won't have to.

No, he's not.

I want to jump.

I have to.

Okay.

Okay.
- Okay.

You want to jump?

Yeah.

But whatever you want,

you cannot want to die.

Well, maybe one day...

you'll understand.

You frelling...

you frelling khan.

You gotta to let me...

you gotta to let me fly.

You gotta to let me fly.

What... what are you doing?

I think it's pretty
self-explanatory.

You're not going anywhere.
- Yes, I am.

No, you're not.
- She wants to jump.

She wants to kill herself.

You can't take her like this.

Yes, I can!
- No, you can't!

I c... Aeryn!

What the hell is wrong
with you?

You are the pin-up girl
for frontal assault.

You should be dragging her back
to the ship yourself.

Crichton, just listen to me,
will you?

If Chiana really wants to, she's
going to find a way to kill herself,

and maybe not here, or now.

So you have to let her work
through this on her own.

You cannot take her back
to Moya like this.

When did you get so insightful?

I understand loss.

So do I.

Did you scan the tissue
samples up to Zhaan?

Yes, I did.

Thank you.

Well, let's get her on
the dog and bone.

Whatever that means, Crichton.

Now this is what a Dominar's
chamber should look like.

Hung with the blood-stained
trophies from my conquests.

This cannot be real.

Yes, I know what's happening.

Talk to me, Zhaan.
What have you got?

John, the readings from the tissue samples
do indicate long-term radiation exposure.

Yeah, I thought they might.

But according to your readings, the
radiation level is only 76 trads.

Is that high or low?

Low, I would have thought.

Huh. Is that too low to
make somebody sick?

Yes.

But Pilot thinks that the cliff
chamber you're describing

may be acting as an amplifier
which would increase the exposure.

I imagine that would be the
reason why they all die at twenty two cycles.

I believe it would.

Maybe Das figured that out.

You know, maybe he knew if the
clans moved out of the caves,

they'd stop dying so young.

They wouldn't have a reason
to take the Stone.

Thanks, guys.

We'll all be back up real soon.

Goddess be with you, John.

Curse my mivonks.

I know what you're up to and
it's not going to work.

What are you talking about?

It's you that's making
everything in my chamber cursed.

But I'm not returning any of
it, no matter what you do.

I'm keeping it all,
you hear me?

Everything!

Do you need help?
Can I get someone for you?

No, don t touch me!

We give birth alone, as our
clans prepare the Gathering.

Yes, and somebody has to do the
bungee without the rope,

except this time it's our
friend jumping.

Ah, it s too late, garda!

Now go!

Leave!

Listen, Vyna, we know why you
all die young here.

It's radiation.

We think that Das knew it, too.

He knew there was a way
to stop the jumps.

Das? Oh, my poor Das.

Vyna, if you move out of these
caves and up to the surface,

you can all live longer lives.
Your child can, too.

We need you to talk
to the clans.

If they hear it from you,
they'll believe it.

No one ever has to jump again.

Molnon didn't make
Das jump, garda.

The rules of the clan did.

Das understood.

In the final, Das scoped
that truth.

You let him die?

No!

He took the Stone!

He'll live forever now.

Look at you. You're old.

You're worn out!

Now, go!

Aaghh, just go!

Chiana, don't.

Listen to me, all of you.

There's radiation in the rocks.

That's what's killing the Lost People.
That's what's killing all of you.

Garda doesn't understand.

He's old!

That's right.

I'm old.

And you can be old
just like me.

I don't want to be
ancient, garda.

Move to the surface.
Live as long as you can.

The surface belongs to the
Royals and their tombs.

You think that Janixx
has it bad?

Wait till you see what this
does to your face.

Crichton, get the frell out of
here! This is about me.

Chiana, shut up and don't
move another step!

Ready, boy?

There's your Stone.

What do you say?

Want to take it together?

Tick, tick, tick.

Time's running out.

Garda doesn't understand.

We want the Stone.

Oh, you think?

Let the clans decide.

Let the clans vote!

Clans will vote.

What they scope, I'll follow.

You satisfied?

Chiana, I'm just trying...

You can't help me.

They're just trying to scare me.

Get me to cut them in.

Well, they can forget
about that.

It's not going to work.

Who's there?

Yotz! There's nothing wrong
with any of this. Nothing!

You hear that?

I am Rygel the Sixteenth.

You can't scare me!

All right.

All right, I'll take it back.

All of it. I promise.

Just make it stop.

Pilot, is the Transport fueled?

Yo, Molnon.

How'd the vote go?

You got no idea, garda.

No idea. All the clans,
every one, voted to stay.

To keep jumping.

What?

They didn't believe the
radiation was killing them?

No, they don't believe.
They know what's killing them.

I'm rechanting the Gathering.
They want the Stone.

I've already told Chiana.

I've given her a head start.

It's going to be drad.

Hey, Molnon.

Please, just wait. Just...

Why does it always
end in tears?

Hey, old man.

Chiana...
- Don't come any closer.

I won't.

Have the clans voted?

Yeah.

And they're going to
stop jumping?

No.

They voted to keep jumping.

They want to die.

I just can't believe that
you want to die.

Never had any courage.

As a kid, Nerri gave me everything.
I just... I just followed him.

You've shown me courage
plenty of times.

I got to see if I can
do this, Crichton.

And if you die?

Chiana!

You did it!

Woo-hoo-hoo!

I did it?

Woo!

I did it!

It's been three arns, John.

Just give it a few more
microts, okay?

Lately...

do I seem...

a little crazy to you?

What do you mean, "lately"?

Well, I ate one of
Molnon's mushrooms.

One in four gets you dead.

Was that supposed to get Chiana
out of here more quickly, John?

You eating a mushroom?

Rygel, we're out of here in 90
microts with or without you.

I'm going as fast as I can.

Hey, old man.

Hey, little girl.

You okay?

Yeah.

You know...

Molnon was right about
one thing.

The jump was incredible.

You should have tried it.

Nah, I'm too old.

It's time to go.

Let's get out of this
dead place.